--- /dev/null
+module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
+ module CoreExtensions #:nodoc:
+ module Array #:nodoc:
+ module RandomAccess
+ # This method is deprecated because it masks Kernel#rand within the Array class itself,
+ # which may be used by a 3rd party library extending Array in turn. See
+ #
+ # https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails/tickets/4555
+ #
+ def rand # :nodoc:
+ ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn 'Array#rand is deprecated and will be removed in Rails 3. Use Array#sample instead', caller
+ sample
+ end
+
+ # Returns a random element from the array.
+ def random_element # :nodoc:
+ ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn 'Array#random_element is deprecated and will be removed in Rails 3. Use Array#sample instead', caller
+ sample
+ end
+
+ # Backport of Array#sample based on Marc-Andre Lafortune's http://github.com/marcandre/backports/
+ def sample(n=nil)
+ return self[Kernel.rand(size)] if n.nil?
+ n = n.to_int
+ rescue Exception => e
+ raise TypeError, "Coercion error: #{n.inspect}.to_int => Integer failed:\n(#{e.message})"
+ else
+ raise TypeError, "Coercion error: #{n}.to_int did NOT return an Integer (was #{n.class})" unless n.kind_of? ::Integer
+ raise ArgumentError, "negative array size" if n < 0
+ n = size if n > size
+ result = ::Array.new(self)
+ n.times do |i|
+ r = i + Kernel.rand(size - i)
+ result[i], result[r] = result[r], result[i]
+ end
+ result[n..size] = []
+ result
+ end unless method_defined? :sample
+ end
+ end
+ end
+end